Superbail.



G. B. WELLER.

SUPERBAIL.-

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.6, 1914. 1, 1 32,813. Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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G. B. WELLER.

SUPERBAIL.

APPLICATION FILED OGT.G, 1914.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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GEORGE B. WELLER, 0F RAWLINS, WYlVIINGr.v

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Blar. 23, 19915.

Application led October 6, 1914. Serial No. 865,308.

T0 all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. WELLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rawlins, in the county of Carbon and .State of Wyoming, have invented cer-A tain new and useful Improvements in Superballs, of which the following is a specitication.

The present invention relates to superbails, and is designed to be used on the arm by railroad men, fruit gatherers, etc.,.for the purpose of supporting a lamp or lantern or fruit gathering device.

' The device is especially adapted for carrying lanterns, tools, or fruit receptacles when gathering fruit, and is equally well applicable to numerous other articles which, with the use of the super-bail may be carried close at hand,iyet allowing the user the free use of both arms and hands.

The invention consists in the novel construction of the super-bail as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of the invention.

yFigure l is a view in elevation of the super-bail. Fig. 2 is a View of Fig. 1, as seen from the right, part of the loop being broken away. Fig. 3 is a view showing the manner of applying the bail to the arm for the purpose of supporting a lantern. Fig. 4 is a View showing an arm and hand with the bail in position on the arm.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the device as illustrated in the drawings, is composed of a single piece of resilient wire, and this wire is fashioned into a large loop as 1, of a size to permit the passage therethrough of the hand and arm of the user. One bar of the loop as 2 has a bar 3 bent horizontally therefrom, and the bar 6 lying parallel with the bar 3, and this bar 6 is passed through the eye 4. By this end of this bar 3 is fashioned into an eye 4. arrangement of parts a rigid loop is formed, and the parts are held securely together. At the left end in Fig. 1, the bar 6 is fashioned into a coiled or helical spring 7, from which the upright post 8 extends, and` this post S'iis `formed with ,an angular arm' 9 The bar 5 of the loop also has an angularV wh1ch terminates in an eyeletlO. Prefer` ablythe arm 9 is curved, and at 11 the post 8 1s off-set to take care ofthe'coiled spring 7. If desired, the super-bail as described may beused, but in actual practice I wind a' tape or twine 12 about the curved arm 9, and about the two bars 3 and 6. These coverings 12 may be desirable to prevent wear on the coat sleeve, and they assist in holding the bars 3 and 6 as one element.

In connection with the super-bail, I preferably employ a cord 14 which, as clearly seen in Figs. 3 and 4, is passed through the eye 4 and also through the coiled spring 7, and if desired a turn may be taken around the spring to hold the cord in place. In actual use the cord is attached to the article to be suspended from the arm, and in Fig. 3 I have illustrated a lantern 15 with the cord 14 attached at 16 to the lantern bail 17.'

Each end of the cord is attached to the bail 17, and the lantern is conveniently hung from the arm of the wearer.

In Figs. a and 4, I have illustrated the use of the super-bail in connection with a railroad lantern, as worn by the conductor or auditor on a train. In applying the super-bail for use, with the lantern attached to the cord as described, the right hand is passed through the loop 1 until the bars 3 6 are resting in the hollow of the arm at the elbow. The arm 9 is then grasped by the left hand, and bent down and outwardly, while the right hand is brought in and upwardly so that the loop is bearing against the upper arm, and the arm 9 bearing against the lower arm with the bars 3 6 as a fulcrum in the hollow of the elbow. When the arm is straightened out, the bail is bent to the'position shown in Fig. 4, and the resiliency of the spring causes the loop and arm 9 to engage the arm with sufficient friction to hold the bail in place. Vith the super-bail in the position of F ig. 4, it will readily be seen that the lantern is permitted to hang freely from the fulcrumarm of the bail, and the right hand of the p erson is free for use, as well as the left hand.

This device is especially applicable for Y use by railroad and trainmen who must carry theirV lantern with them, but who frequently need the free use of both hands, and this need is fulfilled by the use of the superbail as described.

While have referred to the device and described it in connection with a lantern, it Will of course be understood that the device is equally applicable for use in numerous other Ways.

I claim:

1. A super-bail made of a single piece of Wire fashioned with a loop and cross arms, a post and an angular arm extending' from the post, and a coiled spring between said post and the cross bar.

2. A super-bail comprising a loop, av post extended therefrom and an angular arm on the post projected over the loop, and a resilient connection forming a fulcrum between the loop and post.

3. A super-bail comprising a loop and fulcrum bars, an eyelet at one end of said bars, and a coiled spring at the other end of the bars to receive and support a cord, a post extending from the spring, and an angular arm projected from the post.

n testimony whereof aiiiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE B. WELLER.

`Witnesses z WILLIAM DALEr, CECIL C. CAMPBELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

